Stevenson's liberal twist nauseating

Wednesday

May 28, 2008 at 12:01 AM

Dear Editor: Tommy Stevenson's sparkling review of Barack Obama (May 25) was typical liberal tack. He hailed Obama's skill at oratory and touted his political roots in Chicago's 'mean streets' as if they were glowing qualifications for the U.S. presidency. And he simply had to hallow Obama's 'Harvard' education. It may be a fine academic accomplishment, but like the others, it means virtually nothing as a gauge of presidential capacity (even Bush ‘43 has one.)

The more nauseating of Stevenson's liberal twists, however, is his caricature of Obama as a heroic martial arts expert defeating a 'maverick' John McCain on the issue of negotiating unconditionally with our enemies. Those double jujitsu jabs Stevenson's proud of are delusory.The Bush Iraq Policy failed miserably and McCain saw it in 2003. But only after more than three years of lobbying for an alternative did Bush accept the failure and change course. The policy McCain supports is decidedly different and after just over one year, the portions of it being implemented show significant results.'Tough and aggressive diplomacy' is little more than hollow verbiage without a readily available, effective military force. McCain's education came from the Naval Academy and the prestigious National War College. His experience includes 22 years in the Navy and 26 in Congress. He understands the relationship between diplomacy and militarism.McCain exemplifies real heroism, not cartoonish fabrication, and he's absolutely correct in calling Obama naïve for believing that standing down our military will hasten a diplomatic solution to Islamofascism.

Steve Key

Tuscaloosa

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